The Deadliest Trap Ever Laid

Assist Commander Hobb and the Scryers in defending the Sanctum of the Stars. Once all of the Dragonmaw forces have been defeated, return to Overlord Mor'ghor at Dragonmaw Base Camp with the Scryer Medals.

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Comment by Chimaera

I soloed this as a Priest (as Scryers) I just spammed Greater Heal and fought for aggro, once I succeeded in that I ran straight to the grphyon master and kept myself up.The flying guys will multi shot you, thus hitting anything around you. Hitting the grphyon master spawns level 65 elite and 65 non-elite that will kill the attackers.

Comment by Loreanadruid

Soloed as a feral druid, all i did was hide, and he did it all. Its a simple... Just DON'T do the quest, it'll do itself.

Comment by Legio

Why in the world does this quest not give Scryer's rep?

Comment by Laras

Solo'd this as a moonkin, for ranged classes, you're going to want to stand on the steps and shoot from there. If you're a magic user like me run behind that pillar near the gryphon master when you go oom, hopefully you'll get a couple of the skybreakers to follow you and when they multishot, they'll aggro enranged wyvrens and gryphons to do your dirty work. Oh yeah, your new netherwhelp trinket helps too.

Comment by rodmin

There is also a point to be noticed.When ppl from diferent fractions (say one aldor and one scryer) if a person retrieves the quest, the other will be able to do it with his mate, like an escort quest. Don't worry if you are aldor and will deliver scryer medals, you'll deliver the scryer quest with no problems.

Yet what i'd like to know if it's possible to do the quest twice for each fraction. In other words, do the aldor quest, then go deliver and do the scryer quest after. If so, ppl will get double the rep, for a total of 1000 reputaion points. Can anyone confirm this pls?

Comment by SpikeDude

How I do this, as an enhancement shaman, is just get naked and heal him when he gets low, pull aggro and die (hence getting naked), then rez and wait for him to get low health again.

I usually only have to heal him once or twice every time.

Comment by toptop

It seems time of defending is random. I failed 2 times defending for about 5-10 minutes, and than I completed it after 1 min. Tactic with hiding behind Pillar is ok, they will multishot and agro, flymaster. GL

Comment by murdex

How do I signal the dragonmaw? <<

Comment by atarrii

solo'ed it as 70 shadow priest

the best way to do this quest is to deal damage on every mob you see, if you have low health / mana just run ooc and regain health / mana, go back and go on with killing the Dragonmaw guys, after around 8 minutes the quest will be completed

Comment by Cicero

Bugged the first time I tried it, wouldn't let me complete the quest even though I had done what was required. So I abandoned it and tried again.

I soloed this pretty easily as a 0/5/46 restoration Shaman. Earthshield on myself, dropped Stonesking and Windwall totems, used an arcane resist trinket and my Alchemist's Stone w/ plenty of mana pots.

Don't bother healing the defenders, just keep the commander up. The fight lasted, oh, about 3 minutes it seemed. 500 rep in the bag.

Comment by Krandor

pff...! Easy soloable for almost any class ( except poor melee). Just go in the house and eat / bandage / drink when you need and just grind the dudes down. The nps's will take care of the rest. Just tab-target the low hp ones and you are on your way to revered :)

Comment by Zanoan

As a Feral druid I decided to equip my healing equipment and try this out alone.

It went pretty much problem free and I sorta think they need to retune this quest, atleast it was very easy in the sense that it was rather limited how much my presence changed the outcome of the event.

I tossed around 3 Regrowths on the Commander and a few Rejuvenations on random archers, however it didn't seem like they needed the heal at all. I guess what made "us" win the fight was the fact that I took half the aggro and ran into the camp with it just healing myself. Yes, the Flight Master aggroed as well as his mounts but they just went out and straight back in and barely did some damage. A few minutes after running in and out of aggro, rehealing myself up etc., the quest ended without much harm or any feel of having done anything to change the outcome of the event.

Comment by Clefzor

As with the other ranged classes, soloing as a hunter was no problem at all. Feign death if you get too much aggro, otherwise just pick the targets that's being hit already to avoid pulling aggro straight away. Hawkeye allows you to stay abit back. :)

Comment by bchoate

I'd like to point out that the name of this quest looks to be a Depeche Mode reference to the song 'Home'. I love the easter eggs in this game.

Comment by Xxkilla

how do you get this quest i dont see anyone posting anything useful cept how easy it is

Comment by Skulver

The quest becomes available when you reach revered with the netherwing.

Comment by Matsumi

Quest gives 7g 59s. The lowest amount of any of the existing Daily Quests.

Comment by Wither

Shaman Chain Heal works wonders with the NPCs.

Comment by Lykaon

Just soloed this as a Ret Pally. I didn't do DPS, I healed. I threw on my best healing gear and just tossed a few onto Hobb to keep him up.

I stood near the flight master. If I got aggro, the multishot would bring in two BE casters, the Flight master himself and a couple of spawned wyverns. They destroyed anything that aggroed them.

Hobb never got below 80%. It took about 6 minutes.

I'm sure this is going to get a good nerf eventually such that you can't use the townfolk to help you fight, so take it will it lasts!

Comment by Grevener

More than likely, they will have it where the multi-shot will not hit NPCs (other than hobb)

But thats if blizzard gives a crap about a daily quest that doesn't really hurt anyone...

Comment by Amok

This is so easy for any class that has some kind of heals. I am a feral druid, and just equipped my healing gear.. threw a couple heals on the commander to gain aggro. and ran to guards to engage them with multishot. Quest was completed in 3 minutes or so.

Comment by ameretto

does this quest glitch out for anyone when you're trying to solo it? seems when i pull the fp guards they glitch out the enemy npcs and resets cdr hobb.

Comment by superdx

I'm kind of glad that they made a quest where you could heal to complete the quest. The majority of the quests are to kill something, which really sucks for healers.

I just did it for my first time, and I'm a holy paladin. I popped RF, and just Flash of Light Hobb and myself, got aggro, ran over to the flight master. The birds killed some of the flyers and ran back, I just repeated that. I don't think it took more than 2 minutes to complete.

Comment by smoo

Solod as a warlock:

Get SS, HS, Voidwalker ready.

Start, dot everything. Run to the flightmaster. DONT run directly, make a circuit, so the mobs dont get stuck in the wall, they need to have a clear path to the grypphon master. They will attack, and then die.

Used 3 bandages, 2 GS, Voidwalker Sacrifice 3 times and SS. Quest was done by then.

Comment by Torgmada

I dunno if it'll get nerfed. It's not a whole lot of cash and whoever's doing it is already pretty far along in rep.

Comment by Vorph

There are LOS issues about getting the flight master multi-shotted. If you stay behind the column near the flight master, the attackers won't be able to see and hit you with any means, and you can easily lose aggro of them because of the battle going on and everyone's attacking them. Use a high threat spell and wait for a few arrows to hit you (and pray one of them is not an aimed shot) then run to the flight master. The multi-shot has a high radius that will usually hit the two guards and the flight master with you if you stay in the middle of them, thus aggroing all three of them same time, picking up an easy fight.

Comment by jaydawgftw

I just "solo'd" this as a sac and S&F lock. I didn't use the flight master trick because, for the life of me, I couldnt get the damn dragonmaw to multishot me, lol. Sacrificed the VW for the health regen and just stood back and chucked a shadowbolt every once in awhile. I did use my HS but, that was all. Even left combat a couple times and it still completed.

Comment by Klarno

Soloable as an affliction warlock using flight master trick. Just put siphon life on everything, have healthstones and a voidwalker ready to sac for the shield.

Comment by Nina

Easily soloed as a restoration shaman. Any gear could do it I guess but I dont even find it challenging. I got full t4 and other various stuff, I guess it helps a bit. But i think any resto shammy can do it. Just keep Healing Stream Totem & earthshield up on yourself while chainhealing the NPC's and you will complete the Q within 3-5 mins or whatever it is, very easy :) U may have to pop one super mana pot and one mana-tide tho, but its worth the effort :)

Comment by DirewolfX

You can also run behind one of the Scryer buildings to get out of combat and eat/drink. I think as long as the defenders don't die and you don't go too far away, you won't fail the quest. I used this trick to solo the quest as a mage.

Comment by archibal

Soloing this quest still works as of Patch 2.3. Not sure if Blizzard is planning on "fixing" this or not.

Comment by M310N

Solo-ed as marks hunter. Kinda easy when you kill each mob with 1.3k+ crits each hit not including arcane and multi-shots. Feigned Death when things got a bit nasty, bandaged and drank and ate. The mobs will be focused on you so the scryers you're helping won't die. Just let out what you have.

Comment by lito

I've heard many people tell me not to even try to solo this as a rogue, but I was able to do it without too much difficulty. A couple of tips:

1 - Stay stealthed at the start to allow the first wave to aggro onto guards.2 - When possible, attack mobs that are at lower health to help get them out of the way and keep you from having aggro.3 - Vanish will work to get you out of combat to eat or bandage. You can do either of these things fairly close to the fight (I did it behind the pillar by the flight master) without getting back into combat.4 - If you draw too much aggro (not sure how it works, but a good amount of the new spawns will aggro you while you're fighting) you can always just run right up the middle of base. I saved sprint for this, and by the time I got to the top level I dropped combat. Remember that these guys can aimed shot you for 2k or so, so if you're going to run away, do it with a bit more HP.

I have PvP gear, nothing overly special but the HP/resil may have helped me stay alive a bit longer. Other than that, doesn't seem to be much trick to it.

Comment by cechjakpoleno

Really easy to solo, probadly as any class.Just aggro some of them, run to base (best to near elites), wait for multishot, and wait :)

Comment by Tsaza

What I usually do is that I first take agro from all of them with healing as im elemental shaman. Then I go nearby the guards, pack by pack and let them multishot on them. So guards will kill them.

Comment by Tyristrasz

I just go all out and attack the mobs. If you die, you die. The repair bill is an inconvenience, but dying doesn't fail you by any means. As has been said, if you're doing this quest, you're probably doing it for the reputation above all else, and 500 reputation is worth the gear death to me.

Comment by WoWcrack

Gives 550 rep for humans, very easy and soloable, you don't need the suggested 3 people for this quest.

Comment by Crimsonlord

Changed to 18g and 20s in patch 2.4 ... free gold ftw :)

Comment by Mazu

If you die, the quest wont fail, just ress imediately and continue.

Comment by Oathmaker

I died twice doing this quest, and while running back to my corpse the second time, i was able to get the (complete) message . It doesnt matter if you die. The graveyard is right there, so like, yeah.

Just...do it. lol.

The flight master only works like once because you have to keep doing it, and honestly, thats more of a hassle than actually just going all out and attacking. Have some Heavy Netherweave Bandages on hand, and a mana potion or two (That said, you use mana as your main thing and you dont have melee backup that does a decent amount of damage) and you'll be fine not to die, but even if you do..it doesnt matter.

Comment by kronnyq

*!@# this quest solo as a warrior, thats all I have to say. It's not possible, so forget about even trying.

Comment by warlolz

Soloed this very easy as a warlock. Respecced affliction to do netherwing quests faster and easier and i did this quest very easy without the gryphon master trick. Just standed at the same place all the time throwing curses and draining life. Not hard at all :)

Comment by Golite

Possibly a pop culture reference to the song Home by Depeche Mode.

Here is a pageFrom the emptiest stageA cage or the heaviest cross ever madeA gauge of the deadliest trap ever laid

Comment by Alethia

Any tips to solo this as a BM hunter?

Comment by Stexxx

how can i get them to the sancatum of stars,and i'am a mage

Comment by Muezick

Soloing this as a Shadow Preist is a peice of cake.

Step 1: Start the event

Step Two: buff, Including shield

Step three: Dot 3-6 of them

Step Four: Keep sheild up

Step Five: Run behind pillar when health is low

Step Six: Use shadow Feind when Needed.

STep Seven: Rinse and repeat

Should you die...merely run to your body...

I actually completed this quest while I was dead. But I was standing almostly directly ontop of Commander hobbs.

911 Shadow dmg, 8300 hps, 175/55 Mp5 13/0/48

Tip: Fade doesn't work on them, Spreists are Encouraged to use VT on a few of them in the begining, you *will* run out of mana (I have almost 9000)

Innocence, Drenden

Comment by almond

This quest is fairly easy to solo as a prot warrior, you should be ablt to taunt and thunderclap a lot iof them and then run to the gryphon master, they multi shotted me all the time and the gryphon master downed them really easy, i was even sometimes able to bandage and leave combat a few times when my health was low as the npc got all the aggro. The only problem I found with the flight master bug is they kill only the one who multi shotted them sadly rather than the ones that are aggroed on me. This wasnt a big problem tho.Managed to complete the qust easy using only 2 bandages.

Comment by nathtaleth

My question is, what exactly is it you have to do in order to defeat the Dragonmaw? Several times this quest has failed for me with Commander Hobb still alive and with ~30% health. So apparently there's more to it than just keeping Hobb alive; this is obviously a timed quest, so do you have to kill a certain number of Dragonmaw or do a certain amount of damage during the time allotted, or might this actually be a bug?

Comment by zuiko

Amazingly easy to solo... this is the fastest and easiest quest to get Netherwing rep IMO. The fight goes on for a while so mana might be a problem for non-lock casters, but if you have a decent wand you can probably just wand them down while you recover mana. I wouldn't AoE since it isn't necessary and that'll just get you a lot of aggro the NPCs would otherwise have.

Note to casters: I would not recommend using AoEs on these guys as tempting as it is. Sometimes this quest does not complete (it doesn't fail either, you just don't get the complete) when the event finishes... that seems to happen if you finish it with AoEs. Then you have to abandon it and start over. I've had this happen a couple times, both times I was using SoC. If I kill them one at a time it doesn't seem to bug.

Comment by Travy

Easily soloable as an aff lock. I simply tab dot siphon life onto a bunch of them, run behind a building, restore mana, rinse, and repeat.

Comment by Mithilos

Easily soloable. Soloed as a Kara geared Druid tank.

To start the fight, I grabbed a few then ran around a aggroed all of the Guardians using the Dragonmaw's Multishot, and also grabbed the flightmaster. Only had to stop to heal myself twice.

=Cake

Edit: You can also run in to a building to buy yourself a few seconds to bandage/innervate, etc...

Comment by TheAdem

I was able to solo this quest as a resto druid. I simply healed myself with lifebloom and other HoTs, aswell as I healed the NPCs there. Can be a little hardere as other classes.

Fun quest though :D

Comment by TheAdem

Nah this quest can easily be soloed by any class i think, very easy. just think smart ;D :D

Comment by mcbain4000

just did it for the first time. i died twice and still had no problem completing it. kind of stupid actually, all i did was kill a few, get them to multishot the flight master now and then, kill some more, die, and do it again. i used hobb's target usually, and he didnt get below ~40%

Comment by adogsfanclub

Just solo'd as a feral druid. All I did was kill the mobs near the ground, and whenever I gained too much aggro I would run over to the flightmaster and the dragonmaw would aggro him and be destroyed. If health got low I ran inside the nearby building and cast regrowth / rejuv on myself. Rinse and repeat.

Comment by Rammstein

Everyone can solo this quest with the flightmaster trick (tho it helps having healing spells). When the Dragonmaw appear try to aggro one or two. Then run back to flightmaster Alieshor. Wait for a multishot (can throw a heal, bandage or potion in the meantime). When they hit Alieshor, he will summon 2 elites as his companions (a wyvern and a gryphon). After he kills the Dragonmaw that hit him he will return to his spot.

Rinse and repeat :)

Notice 1: the 2 elites won't despawn immediately, and the next time a multishot hits him, Alieshor will take the 2 summoned elites, but he will also summon 2 more :). So after a while you'll have several wyverns and gryphons staying on top of him.If you happen to die, just ressurect and continue.

Notice 2: if you have any type of healing spells (you're a Druid/Shaman/Pally/Priest) throw Commander Hobb some heals.Enjoy! :D

Comment by Allara

Easy solo. One tip I do have: focus on killing any and all mobs that are attacking Commander Hobb. Ignore the rest. This will ensure he lives, because if he dies you instantly fail. After realizing this, the quest became a piece of cake. Dieing isn't really a problem, as everyone has said. Just run back and keep killing.

Comment by POINGjam

I like to throw about three seeds of corruption on one side of the group, then drain life to kill them if they're still alive. That way I never draw the aggro of the full group and they go down quickly.

Comment by Storfuskare

Does this turn up as a daily after completing?

Comment by alsk911

that quest was easy soloed it with lvl 80 ret pally its barley geared well but the quest was really easy to do

Comment by Malfurian

OK, so here's question, it might seem stupid but do you have to actually do annoything for this quest?Can the SCyers win without you actually doing anything?

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Comment by hellomynameis

As affliction warlock I just threw a Corruption on each one. I never went below 95% hp even with aggro on all. So I'd say its no point in even thinking about a tactic @ lvl80. Just gogo, pewpew.

Comment by monuki

Just to clear things up.. you have to be aldor or scryer and pick up the quest "kill them all!" from overlord mor'ghor after doing that quest chain you get sent to the dude who gives this quest, if your like myself and dont want to be hostile with either faction and dont choose a side, you cant do this quest

Comment by refinedandroid

Does anyone know if the title is a reference to Depeche Mode? This phrase shows up in the lyrics of their song, Home, and I know it wouldn't be the first Depeche Mode reference in Warcraft.

Just curious. :)

Comment by tpittma2

I did this as a frost mage without the flight master trick, not hard at all, just keep ice barrier up and use the frostbolt/icelance combo and keep your shield up when it breaks/expires.

Comment by Zeghart

Easily soloed as a lv70 fire mage. No "flight master" trick used, and I don't actually believe that still works.

As soon as the mobs begin to arrive, you're gonna get a fair share of aggro, and that's really the only "hard" part. Stay well behind the NPCs, shield yourself and start picking the mobs one by one, possibly attacking the same ones as the Scryers NPCs. After the first wave, it's really cake. I don't think I've got hit once after that. Just keep picking the mobs one by one, and you're going to finish the quest in no time.

Gives 550 rep with Mr. Popularity rank 2.

Comment by Calamityyy

Solo'd without even trying as a hunter (level 72, which most people should be 70+ anyways). Shouldn't need tips since it wasn't even hard..Just stayed on the stairs and focused on one person at a time.

Comment by maneak

Anyone knows the name of the bow the defenders are using?

Comment by Golthus

The idea is the dragonmaw are "victorious" everyday when u report back to their commander. How come he never gets suspicious that his men are not returning from battle?